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A. J. ROSS & J. T. DARTER.

AUTOMATIC RAILWAY SIGNAL.

atented Oct. 16, 1888.

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ALBERT JAMES ROSS AND JOHN T. DAR'IER, OF MADISONVILLE, TEXAS, ASSIGNORSOF ONE-THIRD TO A. O. \VOODBURY, OF SAME PLACE.

AUTOMATIC RAILWAY SIGNAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,388, dated October16, 1888.

Application filed July 24,1888. Serial No. 280,953.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ALBERT JAMES Ross and JOHN T. DARTER, citizens ofthe United States of America, residing at Madisonville, in-the county ofMadison and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Railway-Signals, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention pertains to certain new and useful improvements inrailroad-signals, and it comprises the detail construction, combination,and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth,and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective, showingour invention as applied in practice. Fig. 2 is an end View of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a detail view.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a bent lever, the horizontalportion of which is secured in boxes or bearings a a, the former beingsecured to a cross-piece, a", beneath one of the rails, and the other toa cross-piece, a, attached to two adjoining ties or sleepers, as shown.The inner short end, I), of this lever A is curved or bent, as shown,and is disposed adjacent one of the rails. To this curved end is secureda spring-plate, b, the shape of which corresponds to that of said end,beyond which it slightly projects. The spring-plate 1) serves to preventa sudden jarring of or injury to the parts, the wheel of the enginefirst coming in contact with and depressing said spring-platc beforemoving lever A.

B is a stop-rod rigidly secured at its lower end to the ground or to thecross-piece a, and the upper end of this rod is bent at right angles andis designed to limit the movement of the outer longer end, I)", of thelever A.

O is a gong or bell, whose handle (1 is pivotally secured upon across-rod, d, mounted between and supported by two posts or uprights, DD, disposed near the track. To the upper end of this handle d isconnected one end of a wire, d which, after being passed (No model.)

a mile, as may be desired. \Vhen the wheels of a passing train come incontact with the spring and bent end of the lever A,which are normallyon a line with the tread of the rail, said end is lowered or depressed,causing the movement in the same direction of the outer end of saidlever, which, through the agency of the wire,will cause the ringing orsounding of the gong or hell 0 as the wheels of the trucks of each carcome in contact with the end of the lever. Immediately upon the passageof a wheel, or after the wheels of the last car of a train have passedthe point where the lever is located, said lever will be returned to itsnormal position by means of the coil-spring.

It is obvious that with slight changes our invention is capable of usein connection with a double track, the gong or hell being operated in amanner similar to that herein described.

We claim as our invention- The herein described improved railroadsignal,consisting of the lever having an inner short end, the spring-platesecured at one end to the short end of said lever, the inclined stop-rodB, rigidly secured at one end, the wire, the coil-spring connected tosaid lever and to said wire, the supporting-posts, the gong or bell, itsvertical handle, and its cross rod, all constructed and arrangedsubstantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ALBERT J AMES ROSS. J. T. DARTER. "Witnesses:

J NO. G. McHEN-RY, R0121. J. CAMP.

